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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
125535-1 and TL 24 AUG 1986
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
5-12-1974
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views of The Bag restaurant and tavern, 116 Free Street (southeast corner of Free Street and Oak Street). The Bag was in business until 1985, when it was replaced at the same address by Ruby's Choice.
Left photo: Left to right- Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Materson, of Cape Elizabeth; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Emerson, Jr., of Bath, at a Portland Symphony Orchestra event at The Bag.
Photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 12 May 1974.
Right photo: Exterior view of 116 Free Street, as the building was remodeled from having been The Bag, into its life as Ruby's Choice restaurant, in 1985.
Photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 24 August 1986.
See Additional Files link, below for the 1982 Menu from The Bag.
Recommended Citation
"The Bag, 1974" (1974). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 631.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/631
The Bag MENU - 1982
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Free Street, Menu
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